—170 A.D.——

After Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, the general Dou Wu led his relatives to hit the eunuch forces hard, and captured nearly 1,000 prisoners, called the "Rebellion of the Party".

In order to consolidate his power, Dou Wu wantonly installed cronies in important positions in Luoyang, regardless of whether they were competent or not, causing a lot of dissatisfaction.

In the first year of Jianning (166 years), because the Hu people entered the Kou, the general Zhang Huan led the three-way army to quell the rebellion respectively, and all of them were pacified after a year, after the class returned to the court, Dou Wu ordered Emperor Ling to seal all the meritorious generals as civilians, and wanted to take the opportunity to install relatives and cronies in the army, Zhang Huan's mediation was fruitless, and he returned to his hometown angrily.

At this point, Dou Wu's generals, eunuchs, scholars, and generals were all offended, but he was complacent about "protégés and former officials all over the government and the opposition".

In the third year of Jianning (168 years), the remnants of the eunuch forces counterattacked, many scholars and generals responded, Dou Wu's subordinates and the "unparalleled warriors" recruited were outnumbered, and fled from Luoyang in a panic, Dou Wu himself was defeated and killed, and the power of his relatives immediately collapsed, known as the "Second Party Rebellion".

After Dou Wu's death, because of the eunuchs, scholars, and generals fighting for power, Luoyang once fell into chaos, and the government decrees were issued indiscriminately and the orders were changed overnight.

In the fifth year of Jianning (170 years), Emperor Ling, who was almost overhead, swept Luoyang with the help of Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Cao Jie, Hou Lan and other ten eunuchs who comprehended the "unparalleled", and took back all the authority overnight.

Some dissatisfiedrs tried to fight back, but they were beheaded by the Sword Saint Wang Yue, and the rest did not dare to act rashly, and the "second disaster of the party" was settled.

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In the northwest of Bingzhou, there is a county named Wuyuan, and the most well-known family in Wuyuan County is the Lu family.

It is rumored that this Lü is a descendant of the former Qin Lü Buwei, during the reign of Emperor Zhang, the Northern Huns who did not obey the indoctrination often attacked the Southern Huns who returned to the Han Dynasty, and the Yue cavalry captain Lü Hao was ordered to be stationed here.

Lu Hao thought that this place was worth developing, so he moved his family to come, built a large number of buildings, built cities and forts, and opened up wasteland for grazing, weaving and pottery, so that the border pass was stable, so the people of Wuyuan and even the surrounding counties were all looking forward to Lu's horse.

After Lü Hao's death, he was succeeded by his son Lü Liang, who married the daughter of the local wealthy Huang family, and his position became more stable, and the Lü family became more and more prosperous.

In the first year of Yongshou (155 years), the Huang family did not give birth because of the pregnancy for 14 months, so the servants went to the White Horse Temple on the outskirts of the county to ask for a sign, and the abbot was shocked after divination, and did not explain, but urgently ordered the Lu family servants to leave.

Huang was weaving cloth, hearing the servant's return, was puzzled, suddenly saw a nine-colored rainbow appear in the southeast sky, dazzling, and then turned into a colorful phoenix and pounced down, Huang was surprised and fell, abdominal pain was unbearable, and immediately gave birth to a baby boy on the cloth.

Lu Liang was overjoyed when he heard this, and named his son "cloth" and the word "phoenix".

Lu Bu can ride a sheep at the age of three, can get on a horse at the age of five, at the age of seven he dares to hunt alone in the forest, and catch the wild fox mountain deer and return, when he was nine years old with his mother to meet his grandfather, he saw the sheep accidentally escaped, so he chased on foot, one in one hand, back and forth several times, the sheep were all caught, his grandfather praised, gave Lu Bu a red horse, Lu Bu was very happy, named it "Red Cloud", took care of it, and almost never left his body.

When he was a little older, he was dissatisfied with the word "phoenix" and changed it to "Fengxian".

In the first year of Jianning (166), when Lu Bu was eleven years old, his figure was close to that of an ordinary adult man, when the Northern Xiongnu entered the Kou again, Lu Liang and Ding Yuan, the captain of the Nanxian Military Academy, jointly sent troops to resist, and Lu Bu also went with the army.

Ding Yuan was unruly, and many colleagues and subordinates were not on good terms, so there were almost no subordinates to command, and he rushed into the enemy formation first in battle, and was evaluated as "although there are generals and braves, but there is no handsome".

One day, Ding was besieged by the Xiongnu because he chased the enemy too deeply, and Lu Liang led the army to save him, but the Xiongnu were powerful and geographically advantageous, and he could not be saved for a while.

After observing the battlefield, Lü Bu asked Lü Liang for 500 cavalry, and asked him to lead a large army to lure the enemy in front, while he himself attacked the Xiongnu rear army on a long way, beheaded the Hun generals, and the siege of Ding Yuan was relieved.

Ding Yuan was very grateful and wanted to ask for a reward for Lu Bu, but when Lu Liang told Lu Bu that he was eleven years old, he was shocked inexplicably.

In the fifth year of Jianning (170 years), after the end of the "Second Party Rebellion", Emperor Ling began to gradually restore the authority of the imperial family, but in the past two years, the government decrees in various places have been blocked because of the chaos in Luoyang, and the royal prestige has declined.

At this time, the merger of the state, and other borders are also rare literati, everywhere the situation, a little talented scholars, only need to talk with the government clerks a few words, can get an official position, and the brave people, must break through the "martial arts" set up by the government, can dominate the leader, only hope to be a military leader in the army, otherwise, after joining the army, you can only be a small soldier.

On this day, the school field on the outskirts of Taiyuan was crowded by onlookers, and many military magistrates from surrounding counties and counties were present to watch, for no other reason - Lu Bu was sixteen this year and wanted to participate in the military activities of Bingzhou.

Originally, in the name of Lu Bu's several years of sweeping thieves and resisting Hu, no one would complain that Lu Liang directly arranged a military position for him in Wuyuan County, but Lu Bu went to Taiyuan to participate in the state move, which meant that he was unwilling to work only under his father, or rather, his ambition for official positions was still above Lu Liang.

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"I am Wuyuan Lu Bu! Who dares to come and fight me! Lu Bu, who was dressed in a short fight and only wore a light helmet, jumped on the stage and shouted: "If no one can defeat me, I will be the first in this martial arts!" ”

When the officials heard this, they looked at each other.

This martial arts has many items to test its own strength, such as horse racing and archery, and the "technical ring" is not very important, but at this time, Lu Bu has already jumped up, and issued a big statement that looks down on the crowd, and with the martial and aggressive folk customs of the state, it is too late to stop it at this time.

"What arrogance!" "How dare you look down on me!" "Could it be that you can defeat us all on your own?" "Even if you are Lu Bu, don't think about leaving upright when you say such things!"

Lu Bu's reputation was originally limited to the surrounding areas of Wuyuan, and even if other counties heard that he was very capable of fighting, they would not take it too seriously-who couldn't fight in the prefecture? Hearing such a declaration, they immediately clamored for it.

Immediately, a warrior in light armor jumped into the ring: "I am the party-"

Syllable! Before he could finish speaking, Lu Bu casually took down a wooden gun from the weapon rack next to him, waved his hand, threw out the tail of the gun, and whipped it on the unknown man of the Shangdang, knocking him straight out of the ring.

Because it was a test competition, all the weapons prepared by the government were not bladed, and the weight of blunt weapons was also seriously reduced, but after someone from the party was whipped away with a stick, he still fainted directly, and then was carried away by the school medical officer.

"You don't have to tell your name!" Lu Bu shouted: "No one on the battlefield gave you this opportunity!" When you come to power, you can attack me directly! ”

"Xihe Chen Ai! Learn here! Another sturdy warrior came into the ring, but he reported his name under the ring, causing a burst of laughter.

When this person took the stage, he took a wooden shield and a wooden sword, and his lower plate was extremely stable, covering most of his body, and slowly approached Lu Bu.

"Hmph, opportunistic!" Lu Bu turned the tip of the spear and sneered: "If you think you can use the shield to cover for a few more rounds, you are wrong!" ”

With a flick of Lu Bu's wrist, the wooden spear actually brought out a burst sound that pierced through the air, and the tip of the spear stabbed straight at Chen Ai's shield without dodging.

Syllable! Boom!

The wooden tip of the spear couldn't withstand the huge force and exploded on the surface of the shield, but the shield also cracked into several pieces, and the huge force from the barrel of the gun blew Chen Ai directly under the ring, and the time of his defeat was almost the same as that of the "Shangdang Anonymous".

"Wuyuan Lu Fengxian, sure enough, is worthy of his reputation," the people on the viewing platform were amazed, and discussed: "However, although he attacked fiercely, he almost never left the strength to defend, if the challenger rushes to attack, there may be a chance." ”

While they were discussing, several more people were knocked out of the ring, and Lu Bu did not have a general under him.

Seeing that Lu Bu was powerful, many martial artists around the ring had no intention of retreating, after all, he was "defending" without rest, as long as there were enough challengers, there would always be a moment when his strength would be exhausted.

"It's all trash fish! Isn't there a better guy! Lu Bu used the wooden long-handled knife in his hand to slash away a warrior who had just jumped into the ring before he could speak, and looked at the viewing platform where the state officials were.

Lu Liang knew what his son meant, but he could only shake his head, he couldn't encourage those generals to compete, if he won, he would bully the small, if he lost, it might not be small, and he would never be able to raise his head in the army.

Sa!

While Lu Bu was distracted, a young warrior who had stepped into the ring suddenly stabbed the wooden spear in his hand at him, causing a burst of air-breaking screams.

Lu Bu dialed it with his hand, but he couldn't get rid of it, and had to retreat half a step back to avoid the tip of the spear.

"Oh——!" "Well done! That brother! "Keep it up! Lift him off the stage! ”

Although it was a sneak attack, it made Lu Bu, who was as steady as Mount Tai after coming to the stage, move his steps, and the warriors in the audience cheered as if they had done it themselves.

"You've done a good job, and you're entitled to be remembered by me." Lu Bu looked at the spear-wielding warrior.

"In Xiaguanhai, you have your own strength, but unfortunately, it is still not your enemy," the young man of about twenty years old replied, and then his arm trembled violently, and the wooden spear in his palm fell to the ground with a snap: "This kind of advanced 'spiral' technique can be ...... with just a random wave."

"Want to learn?" Lu Bu looked Guan Hai up and down, and said two more words: "If you have something to do here, you can go to Wuyuan to find me." ”

After a brief interlude, Lu Bu resumed the cycle of flying when people came, and as the morale of those onlookers dropped again and again, it was only a matter of time before he won the first place in this martial arts.

On the viewing platform, many civil and military officials began to discuss how to continue to evaluate the martial artists "except for Lu Bu", among them was a man who stood in his old age, with a fierce face, a strong body, and a fiery red serrated long knife at his waist, looked at Lu Bu from a distance and showed a satisfied smile.